Improved clothes wringer and mangle combined



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

J. D. TIFFT, OF CUYAHOGA FALLS, OHIO.

IMPROVED CLOTHES WRINGER AND MANGLE COMBINED.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 35,716, dated June 24, 1862.

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, J. D. TIFFT, of Cuyahoga Falls, in the county of Summit and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Combined Clothes Vringer and Mangle; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and complete description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this speciiication, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective View. Fig. 2 is a top view. Fig. 3 is a vertical section in the direction of the line x x in Fig. 2; and Figs. 4 and 5 are views ofthe elastic rollers for wringing purposes.

Like letters of reference refer to like parts in the several views.

A is the base, that may be made of wood or any suitable material.

B represents two sets of posts which support the rollers.

C C are the mangle-rollers, made of hard wood, with a gudgeon in each end, or a shaft passing through them, as seen in Fig. 3. In the process of wringing these maybe removed and replaced by elastic rollers D D', Figs. 4 and 5. Thelower one in both cases is provided with a crank, L`

The boxes for the roller -journals are secured between the posts B, E E representing the lower ones and F F the upper ones. Theupper ones move up and down in the groove a upon the inside of the posts.

Immediately above the boxes F are placed elastic springs G, which rest upon the boxes F, as seen in Fig. 3, and above them are semicircular bearings c and d, the wedges m and a entering between them, producing more or less pressure upon the springs. The upper bearings, d d, come against the under side of the cross-bar K.

I? is an eccentric fulcrum, which consists of two circular plates placed horizontally,ashaft,

J, passing through and secured to the center of them, and on each side in the'same line are pins r @that pass through the arms m a ot' the wedges, connecting them to the fulcrum P in such a way that the pins r r formmoving fulcrums for the wedges.

The shaftJ passes through the cross bar K, and to the top of it is secured the lever-pawl V that works in the ratchet \V,sccured tothe f' would not receive the same amount of pressure that coarse thick materials wouldin passing between the rollers, for,as the distance between the rollers increases by the thickness of the material passing through,the elastic spring is condensed and the pressure becomes greater; but with my arrangement the rollers can be readily adjusted to press equally ou any thickness of material, for the pressure on the rollers when they are close together can be made as great as if they were separated au inch or more.

W'hat I claim as my improvement, and desire toV secure by Letters Patent, is-

The eccentric fulcrum P, armsm a, wedges m it, bearings c d, in combination with the elastic springs G, rollers C G and D D', in the manner described, when operating conjointly for the purpose set forth.

J. D. TIFFT.

Vitnesses:

W. H. BUERTDGE, HENRY Vorn. 

